10 killed in Pakistan bomb blast

In southwest Pakistan, ten labourers were murdered Friday when an improvised explosive device exploded in their van, according to an official. "An attack in the Harnai district killed ten mine workers," senior government official Shahzad Zahri told AFP.

The labourers were travelling “from the work site to the market for shopping as their car came under attack,” Saleem Tareen, another senior government official in the same district told AFP, adding that it was “an IED blast”.

“We are investigating the attack.

Harnai is a district over 160 kilometres (104 miles) from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan.

No group has claimed the attack. However, the Baloch Liberation Army frequently claims deadly attacks against security forces or Pakistanis from other provinces, notably Punjabis in Balochistan.

AFP